Worker earns R15K for doing nothing

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http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/worker-earns-r15k-for-doing-nothing-1.1406631

An Ekurhuleni municipal employee has been paid for doing nothing for the past six years, according to a report on Friday.

Rejoice Marota arrives at the municipality offices in Brakpan at 8.30am every day and then reads, drinks tea, has lunch and goes home at 4.30pm, the Sowetan newspaper reported.

She has nothing to do at work because she does not have a position.
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Where can I get a job like this?!
 
Well, her boss should be fired. It is his job to allocate something for this person to do. She should have skills of some sort.
 
Got to give her some credit for at least showing up every day.
 
Pfft. Zuma gets paid waaaay more than that for doing nothing. This Rejoice person is still a small fry.
 
Not the first incident I've heard of. And you wonder why municipalities fail their audits...
 
Well, this is just following Zuma's idea of job creation. In parliament he just creates a "Minister of Big Trees" portfolio and there you go, a new office. The "Minister of Big Trees" then appoints his staff, who inevitably have overlapping roles; A Media Liaision Officer, an Office Spokesperson, a Personal Assitant, an Assistant to the Personal Assistant, a Senior Office Manager, a Junior Office Manager. . .

The Ekhuruleni Municipality is just "creating" jobs is all. Unemployment goes down, everybody looks good.
 
Reminds me of the joke about why civil servants are not allowed to look out of the window in the morning ...... because then they won't have anything to do in the afternoon :o
 
She could have a job in IT, just replace the book with wikipedia :p
 
Ironically, I have seen this in the private sector as well - superfluous positions created for pals.
 
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